{"id":28476,"date":"2018-11-01T10:13:34","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T10:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=28476"},"modified":"2018-11-19T11:50:47","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T10:50:47","slug":"booking-com-launches-2019-booster-programme-focusses-on-gender-inclusivity-and-overtourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2018\/11\/booking-com-launches-2019-booster-programme-focusses-on-gender-inclusivity-and-overtourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Booking.com launches 2019 Booster Programme &#8211; focusses on gender, inclusivity and overtourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img alt=\"Booking.com launches 2019 Booster Programme - focusses on gender, inclusivity and overtourism\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1920_bookingbooster2018breakoutsessioncopyflorisheuer.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">F<\/span>or the 2019 Booking Booster Program, Booking.com will select and invite 10 social enterprise startups in the sustainable tourism sector that are ready to scale their business plans to a three-week accelerator program in Amsterdam in May 2019.The program will consist of a series of lectures, hands-on workshops and coaching sessions, culminating in a final pitch to receive a grant of up to \u20ac500k from Booking.com\u2019s \u20ac2 million fund in order to help support the next stage of projected growth for the participating startups. All the startups will also receive a full year of ongoing mentoring and coaching from Booking.com experts, as well as opportunities and access to collaborate with Booking.com on potential innovation initiatives and experiments to help accelerate their future growth.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cGoing into the program\u2019s third year, we are increasingly impressed with the amazing entrepreneurial spirit of the startups who apply for Booking Booster and the inspiring innovations they are developing in key areas related to tourism dispersal, creating new economic opportunities for women, promoting inclusive growth for under-resourced communities and developing cutting-edge technical solutions that help keep destinations happy and healthy in every corner of the globe,\u201d said <strong>Gillian Tans, President and CEO of Booking.com<\/strong>. \u201cWe truly believe in the power of technology to transform how we all experience the world for the better, and are looking forward to supporting the next wave of change-makers who are seeking to have a lasting, sustainable impact on the travel industry at large.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Together with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fund.bookingcares.com\/\">Booking Cares Fund<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookingcares.com\/cares-labs\">Booking Cares Labs<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/booster.bookingcares.com\/\">Booking Booster Program<\/a> sits alongside Booking.com\u2019s internal volunteer program, where employees have long partnered with local organizations on projects that help improve destinations worldwide. 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